Vatican City Faith community bid farewell to Pope Benedict XVI. Half a million people witnessed the burial service led by Pope Francis at St. Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican. Benedict XVI was also buried in the tomb where Pope John Paul was first buried. After his canonization, Pope John’s remains were moved to the main … Read more
A “companion and role model”, a theologian, priest and bishop, with whom he was connected for years. This is how Cardinal Christoph Schönborn describes Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, who died on December 31, 2022 at the age of 95. The St. Pölten diocesan bishop Alois Schwarz also emphasized in a broadcast that the emeritus pontiff … Read more
The cross : What are the rules governing the status of pope emeritus today? Valerio Gigliotti: It constitutes an absolute novelty, introduced by Pope Benedict XVI with its renunciation on February 11, 2013. The rules that frame it are not currently defined by canon law. Benedict XVI, at the time of his renunciation, defined his … Read more
“Lord, I love you” were the last words spoken by the emeritus pope Benedict XVI before dying on Saturday morning, according to one of the nurses who attended him that night. The nurse in question has reported this to the personal secretary of Joseph RatzingerMonsignor Georg Gänswein, as reported today by the official media of … Read more
A ceremony of about two hours celebrated in St. Peter’s Square. The Vatican released Tuesday, January 3, the details of the funeral celebration of Benedict XVIwhich will be chaired on Thursday 5 January by the pope francis. After three days of paying homage to the pope emeritus, including the body has been on display since … Read more
Some 65,000 people have entered St. Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican to pay their last homage to Benedict XVI, whose mortal remains are located just in front of the monumental canopy, the work of Italian Gian Lorenzo Bernini. The burning chapel of the emeritus pope Benedict XVI who died last Saturday at the age of … Read more
It is the last look at Benedict XVI. († 95) – on the body of our Pope. Tens of thousands of believers flocked to St. Peter’s Basilica on Monday to bid farewell to the former Pope and Bishop of Rome. Catholic tradition envisages laying out the dead. On Thursday, Pope Francis will celebrate the requiem … Read more
Published on : 02/01/2023 – 04:35 From Monday to Wednesday, the Catholic faithful will be able to say a last farewell to Pope Emeritus Benoit XVI, who died on Saturday, and whose remains will be exposed under the gold of Saint Peter’s Basilica in Rome. His funeral will take place on Thursday. The body of … Read more